{"id":3624,"date":"2021-09-15T23:24:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T23:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=3624"},"modified":"2024-07-30T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T16:40:59","slug":"english-department-welcomes-new-faculty-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/the-words-september-2021\/english-department-welcomes-new-faculty-members\/","title":{"rendered":"English Department Welcomes New Faculty Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>by Zoe Roos Scheuerman<\/strong> &#8217;24<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Words <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">would like to extend a warm welcome to all of the English department\u2019s new faculty. This fall, Aurora Masum-Javed (she\/her) teaches a section of \u201cIntroduction to Creative Writing\u201d as well as \u201cCrafts of Writing: Poetry\u201d and \u201cThe Body and the State.\u201d Abbey Mei Otis (she\/her) teaches \u201cCrafts of Writing: Fiction,\u201d Richard Wiebe (he\/him) is the instructor for \u201cCrafts of Writing: Screenwriting,\u201d and Daniel Hornsby (he\/him) also teaches \u201cIntroduction to Creative Writing.\u201d Kristina Popiel (she\/her) will teach \u201cIntroduction to African American Literature\u201d and \u201cAfrican American Literature 1900 to Present.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft wp-image-3627\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2021\/09\/A83C0619-0E5F-4954-B8DB-0441DF898DE9_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Aurora Masum-Javed\" class=\"wp-image-3627\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aurora Masum-Javed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft wp-image-3629\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"161\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2021\/09\/684912A0-FFD7-4408-8C60-344DD5648060_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Abbey Mei Otis\" class=\"wp-image-3629\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abbey Mei Otis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft wp-image-3633\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2021\/09\/2A6FC1FA-0646-4BE5-98C3-D07A09F774DB_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Richard Wiebe\" class=\"wp-image-3633\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Richard Wiebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft wp-image-3634\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2021\/09\/5B2F6AD9-4563-4F3B-822D-CECADEC2C6C1_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Daniel Hornsby\" class=\"wp-image-3634\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel Hornsby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft wp-image-3630\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"136\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2021\/09\/7DDAE664-F512-455A-B60C-E2F33D1C74E3_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Kristina Popiel\" class=\"wp-image-3630\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kristina Popiel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other faculty changes include Peter Bognanni taking over from Andrea Kaston Tange as department Chair, and multiple professors who are on leave or sabbatical. Both Daylanne English and Andrea Kaston Tange are on year-long sabbatical, Marlon James is on writer\u2019s leave this year, and Michael Prior is away on fellowship leave. Best of luck to all professors on their independent projects and with their courses!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Zoe Roos Scheuerman &#8217;24 The Words would like to extend a warm welcome to all of the English department\u2019s new faculty. 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